Combined oil-can



(No Model.)

D. G. WILGUS. COMBINED OIL CAN, WRENCH, A'ND TOOL FOEBIOYOLES. No.356,566. Patented Jan. 25, 1887.

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DANIEL c. wILeUs, or Los ANGELES, cALIFonNI'A.

COMBINED OIL-CAN, WRENCH, AND TOOL FOR BICYCLES.

SPE CIPICATION vienee.

The handles of wrench es have heretofore been hollowed out for thepurpose of holding oil; but no provision has been made whereby the oilcan be forced out of the handle, for the reason that the walls of thecan were neces sarily thick and non-compressible, in order to givesufficient strength to the handle of the wrench. For this reasoncombined oil-cans and wrenches have not come into general use.

The object of my invention is to construct a combined oil-canandwrenchin which the can is provided with a compressible spring-plate, wherebythe oil can be forced out of the can, and at the same time securesuflicient strength and rigidity to the can to allow it to be used as ahandle for the wrench. I accomplish this by means of the devicedescribed herein, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhichv Figure l is a plan View of my improved wrench with thespring-plate Q, cut away to show the interior of the oil-can. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig.

forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,566 dated January 25 1887.Application filed May 1'1, 1886. strmino. 202,480. (No model.)

3 is a cross-section on line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-section online y y, Fig. 1.

The handle of the wrench consists of the flat 0 case A, the sheath H.secured to and forming a part of one side of the case, and thespringplate Q, which is soldered upon the open side of the caseto closethe opening. The sheath H is threaded to receive the threaded shank I ofthe wrenchbar. The sheath, together with the sides of the case, willgive sufficient rigidity to the oil-can to allow it to be used as ahandle for the wrench, and the sheath is brought sufficiently near tothe plate Q, as. shown in Fig. 2, to prevent the can from beingcollapsed by too great pressure upon the spring-plate.

I am aware that heretofore wrenches have been constructed with thethreaded wrenchbar shank screwed into the threaded socket in the handleof the'wrench, and I am also aware *that cylindrical handles to wrencheshave been hollowed out for the purpose of containing oil, and I do notclaim, broadly, such constructions as parts of myinvention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In acombined wrench and oil-can, the oilcan and w renchhandle consisting ofthe fiat hollow case A, the threaded sheath H, attached to and formingpart of one side of the case, and the spring-plate Q, attached to andforming the other side of the case.

DANIEL O. VVILGUS.

Witnesses:

J As. R. TOWNSEND, P. W. DORRER.

